Dead Souls is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov Theatre in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.
Recordings
• radio recording – Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (1976). • Vinyl and CD – Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, 1982 Melodiya: MELCD1001837 – 2 CDs Reviewed in Gramophone Magazine 7/96. • television recording – Mariinsky Theatre "Golden Mask" Festival (May, 2012) ==References==